On The Road, Kill Your Darlings, Howl

It has been a while since the last Kill Your Darlings update
and while there is still no specific release date for 2013 it does seem like
filming has wrapped. It also seemed like an opportunity to update all you ‘beat
freaks’ out there on everything Beat Generation in film at the moment!

James Franco’s wonderful portrayal as Allen Ginsberg in the
2010 film Howl aired on Sunday night for all us British people. The film illustrates
Ginsberg’s revolutionary poem alongside extracts from the obscenity trail that
ensued. Though by no means a conventional movie, this little film depicts the
poem as a performance and truly does it justice. Here’s the link to where you
can catch or rewatch Howl on BBC iPlayer.

Similarly as you may well know, an adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s
classic novel is also hitting cinemas. On The Road stars Sam Riley, Kristen
Stewart and Garrett Hedlund and tells the story of a young writer’s journey
across the country. Amateur Reviews will endeavour to review the movie at some
point.

Now back to Kill Your Darlings, here are some of the latest
images that have come to our attention and also a link to an interview of
co-star Jack Huston.